Truly absurd.

[conuly]

Red isn't stressful unless you make it stressful - and if you're worried about getting a bad grade, the color it's written in won't matter.

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[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I grade in red because it means I don't have to switch pens. Because some students write in green; some write in purple; some write in blue; some use pencils. And so on. No one uses red because everyone knows that the teacher uses it. I like my writing to be distinct from their own; that way, they can glance through and read corrections.

Also, I teach college students, so I'd hope they're past having an instinctual response to red that actually causes them harm in some way.